Watch-support



S. G. LEWIS.

' WATCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED'AUG.2I,19I6- RENEWED AUG. 14,1919.

1,327,051. Patented Jan. 6,1920.

WITNESSES INVENTOFI SENECA G. LEWIS, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATCH-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Application filed August 21, 1916, Serial No. 116,071. Renewed August 14, 1919. Serial No. 317,585.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I. SENECA G. LEWIS, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, a citizen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improve ments in WatclrSupports, of which improvements the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in watch-supports, and particularly to such as 4 panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a watch support of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section, on the plane indicated by the line III-III, Fig. 1. 4

As will be seen, the watch-support is in shape a case of familiar ornamental design, the design being that of the clock commonly known as the ship-bell clock. I

But, by virtue of the fact that this case is formed of rubber, it possesses, aside from any matter of ornamental design, value as a watch-support which the wooden and metal clock cases of ship-bell pattern do not possess. h

In the first place, inconsequence of making the support of rubber, it

ipay possess that feature of advantage whic' 1s characteristic of the watch-supports of myPatents Nos. 1,176,839 and 1,17 6,840: the feature, namely, that the support may be made all in one piece, and, by virtue of the resiliency of the material, may be stretched to receige the watch in a suitably provided pocket and may by constriction engage and securely hold the watch when brought to place in the pocket. But it possesses still other advanta-' geous features than these.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the support consists essentially of a cylindrical body 1, open through one end (through one head of the cylinder) to ex pose the face of an inserted watch. The opposite head of the cylinder will preferably be closed, as shown. About the periphery of the opening through the end of the cylinder is the in-turned elastic watch-retaining flange 2. Such a flanged opening is characteristic of the watch-supports of my earlier patents referred to.

But, in addition, this support of my present invention is provided, at each end of the cylindrical body with outwardly extending continuous solid flanges, 3 and 4. These flanges, by virtue of their material, their shape, and their continuity, constitute cushioning members, which, in case of a fall such as indicated above, absorb the shock and prevent injury, to the supported watch. They are indeed spring-members which, by virtue of their resiliency, cause the watch to rebound, should it fall to the floor, and so absorb the stress of the fall and protect the watch from injury. Furthermore, it will be observed of flange 3 which extends from and surrounds the open end of the cylindrical case that it flares forwardly, as well as outwardly, and so more effectually shields and guards the exposed crystal of the watch from injury. I

The cylindrical case is, in service, hori zontally disposed, as the drawings show;

cylindrical wall and into this hollow 6 eX- I tends the stem orifice 7 adapted to be enlarged to admit the passage of the winding bulb of an introduced watch and to close upon the stem when the watch comes to position. This feature is disclosed and claimed in one of my patents recited above, No. 1,176,839. It will be observed that, because the winding bulb of the introduced watch extends into the hollow 6, the bulb, while normally out of sight, is accessible for winding thewatch without removal from the support, merely by picking the support up and turning it over. If an ordinary Watch is used in the support, that is to say, a watch in which the dial is arranged with the character 12 adjacent to the winding stem of the watch, the dial must, in order to have it in proper reading position, be rotated through an angle of 180 before applying it to the watch movement plate.

It will be observed too, comparin thefigures of the drawing one with anot er, that the pedestal does not break the continuity of either of the flanges 3 and 4.

All material is, theoretically, in some degree at least, elastic; and, in the ensuing which I am now, makingand which do em-Y body my invention.

I claim'as my invention:

1. A pedestal support for a watch constructed of a single iece of elastic material and consisting of a oot member made of a continuous depending apron having its lower edge terminating in a horizontalplane and forming a pocket extending upwardly from said lower edge, and a vertically-disposed member having formed therein a watch pocket open at one side to receive andto retain a watch and to expose the face of such watch,the bottom portion of said body member being provided with a watch-stem receiving opening extending to said pocket.

2. A pedestal support for a watch constructed of a single piece of elastic material and consisting of a foot member made of a continuous depending apron having its lower edge terminating in a horizontal plane and forming a pocket extending up Wardly from saidlower edge, a verticallydisposed member having formed therein a watch pocket open at one side to receive and to retain a watch and to expose the face of such watch, the bottom portion of said .body member beingprovided with a watch-stem receiving openmg extending to said pocket,

and a flange extending outwardly adjacent to the edge of the open face of said body and encircling said edge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand.

SENECA G; LEWIS.

Witnesses:

.G. W. DAUM,

W. C. GREENAWALT. 

